Misiga Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Misiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 138 | 1:334,637 | 20,269 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 1:145,007 | 19,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Mišiga (1) are calculated separately.
Misiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Misiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Misiga is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Mišiga. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Misiga? popularity and diffusion
Misiga is the 1,343,156th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Misiga reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 334,637. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kisumu County, where 49 percent are found, Kisii County, where 43 percent are found and Nyamira County, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Misiga
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